Birong won’t seek reelection in Addison-3

Birong, who chairs the House Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs, said during a recent phone interview that he’s found service in the Legislature rewarding, but is now — at age 48 — planning the next phase of his professional and public service life.

The Ferrisburgh selectboard unanimously elected Christopher Campbell to lead the body during a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night.

Middlebury’s James Douglas spent eight years managing the general health of the Green Mountain State as its 80th governor. He’s now leading a group advocating for the physical health of Vermonters.

Jonathan Hescock has served Shoreham as a planner, library trustee and historical society member. Last week he began a one-year term as town moderator. And if things go his way at the polls this November, Hescock next year will begin a two-year term in th … (read more)

Boards governing the county’s shire town and Middlebury-area schools both elected new leaders this week without competition or controversy.

Vermont is the target of the latest federal probe into Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse.

The story of Bernie Sanders’s rise from couch-surfing, penniless single dad to mayor of Burlington, the U.S. Senate and presidential politics is both familiar and astonishing.